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Definition of Brass band

1. Noun. A group of musicians playing only brass and percussion instruments.

Definition of Brass band

1. Noun. (music) A group of musicians who play brass instruments (sometimes accompanied by percussion) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brass Band

Literary usage of Brass band

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Apostle of Alaska: The Story of William Duncan, of Metlakahtla by John William Arctander (1909)
""Pardon me, sir, but I heard you had a set of brass band instruments." ' ' I have. What about it » " " I was told you might sell them at a reasonable figure ..."

2. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1910)
"... well-managed brass-band is capable of producing — these circumstances offer attractions to the toiling multitude which no other form of music can equal. ..."

3. University Musical Encyclopedia by Louis Charles Elson (1912)
"THE EVOLUTION OF THE brass band Origin of the Wind Band—Early ... 'TMIE military brass band is the most modern of all the varieties of the music of to-day. ..."

4. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1889)
"The highest success which he achieved was the organisation of the 'Grand National Brass-band Contest' at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, on the loth and nth ..."

5. The Poets of the Future: A College Anthology by Henry Thomas (1921)
"... brass band WILLIAM B. MOWERY University of Illinois We are the brass band, The blary, Wary brass band, Red, panting, brass band, Puffing out our cheeks. ..."

6. History of British Columbia from Its Earliest Discovery to the Present Time by Alexander Begg (1894)
"There is a good brass band connected with the Army at Victoria. At Vancouver a "Poor Man's Shelter" has been provided. A steam launch is to be secured for ..."

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